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Development of a open Web-based geomatics infrastructure for use in public security
The project objective is to develop a secure geomatics infrastructure, for public use, composed of interoperable geomatics Web tools and services that will assist decision making during emergencies and major crises. The services and tools will be integrated into the GOcité software package in place in a number of cities in Quebec. The infrastructure will facilitate information exchange between the various levels of government and stakeholders who must collaborate during events and disasters. To facilitate implementation and portability, the proposed infrastructure will be based on the standards of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure, World Wide Web Consortium, Open Geospatial Consortium, National Information Standards Organization of the American National Standards Institute and Technical Committee 211 of the International Standards Organization.
With the assistance of user partners, the development team will first review needs, then construct a detailed architecture and develop infrastructure services and tools. Once services have been developed, user partners will be able to test the infrastructure in order to adapt it to their needs as much as possible.
The result of the project will be a Web-based infrastructure that allows rapid real-time dissemination of critical information during emergency response. In addition, the infrastructure will allow this geospatial information to be disseminated to portable devices such as Pocket PCs, BlackBerrys, etc.
Primary Partner:
City of Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke,
Quebec;
Partners: Intelec Geomatics Inc.; University of Sherbrooke Geomatics Research Centre (CRG); City of Sherbrooke; City of Longueuil; RCM of Sherbrooke Municipal Public; Security Organization (OMSC); Hydro-Sherbrooke; Gaz Métro; Quebec Department of Public Security (MSP)
Funding From GeoConnections: $150,000.00 ( 31.0 %)
Estimated Inception Date: August, 2006
Estimated Completion Date: October, 2007
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: Quebec;